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3.1.2 - carbohydrates
What are monosaccharides 1,
How are disaccharides formed 2,
What type of bond is formed in be...
36  cards
3.1.3 lipids
What are triglycerides formed from 1,
How do triglycerides interact wit...,
Are fatty acid chains in phosphol...
12  cards
3.1.4.1 proteins
What is the monomer of a protein 1,
What are the three groups that ma...,
How many different r groups amino...
30  cards
3.1.4.2 enzymes
What are enzymes 1,
What type of proteins are enzymes 2,
Examples of intracellular enzymes 3
20  cards
3.1.5.1 nucleic acid structure
What is the function of dna 1,
What is dna a polymer of 2,
How are nucleotides formed 3
25  cards
3.1.5.2 DNA replication
What are the enzymes used in dna ...,
What s the process of dna replica...
2  cards
3.1.6 ATP
What is the name of atp 1,
What is the structure of atp 2,
How is atp formed 3
16  cards
3.1.7 water
What are the 5 properties of water 1,
What s the importance of water be...,
What s the importance of water be...
6  cards
3.1.8 ions
What is the role of hydrogen ions 1,
What is the role of iron ions 2,
What is the role of sodium ions 3
6  cards
3.2.1.1 eukaryotic cells
What are some characteristics of ...,
What are some key structures of t...,
What is the nuclear envelope 3
37  cards
3.2.1.2 prokaryotic cells and viruses
What are the organelle structures...,
What is the size difference in pr...,
What s the function of the cell w...
17  cards
3.2.1.3 studying cells
What is the definition of magnifi...,
What is the definition of resolut...,
What max magnification does a lig...
27  cards
3.2.2 mitosis and cell cycle
In which cells does the cell cycl...,
What is the order of the cell cyc...,
What is g1 3
20  cards
3.2.3 transport across cell membranes
What is the cell surface membrane...,
What is the structure of a phosph...,
What are the functions of the cel...
39  cards
3.2.4 immunity
What are the two types of defence...,
What is the difference between no...,
What is a phagocyte 3
37  cards
3.3.1 SA:V
What is the equation covering the...,
What is the relationship between ...,
What is the relationship between ...
4  cards
3.3.2 gas exchange systems
What are some adaptations of the ...,
What is the purpose of the cartil...,
What are alveoli specialisations ...
37  cards
3.3.3 digestion and absorption
What is the role of the mouth 1,
What is produced in the liver 2,
Where is bile stored 3
28  cards
3.3.4.1 mass transport in animals - circulation
What is the role of the papillary...,
What is the route of deoxygenated...,
What is the route of oxygenated b...
48  cards
3.3.4.1 mass transport in animals - haemoglobin
What is the specialisation of rbc...,
What is the structure of haemoglo...,
What is partial pressure of gas 3
15  cards
3.3.4.2 mass transport in plants
What is transpiration 1,
Why does transpiration occur 2,
What is the concept of cohesion i...
33  cards
3.4.1 DNA, genes and chromosomes.
What s the differences in structu...,
What is a gene 2,
What is the genome of a cell 3
14  cards
3.4.2 DNA and protein synthesis
What is the structure of mrna 1,
What is the structure of trna 2,
What is the route of protein synt...
8  cards
3.4.3 meiosis and mutations
What happens in meiosis 1 1,
What happens in meiosis 2 2,
What is independent segregation 3
21  cards
3.4.4 natural selection
What is genetic variation 1,
How is genetic variation related ...,
What is genetic diversity 3
17  cards
3.4.5 species and taxonomy
What is a genus 1,
What is a species 2,
What is the biological species co...
12  cards
3.4.6 biodiversity
What is genetic diversity 1,
What is species diversity 2,
What is ecosystem diversity 3
12  cards
3.4.7 investigating diversity
How can genetic diversity variati...,
How do you make qualitative compa...
2  cards
3.5.1 photosynthesis
What is the advantage of broad an...,
Chemical equation for photosynthe...,
What is the advantage of air spac...
21  cards
3.5.2 respiration
What is the balanced equation for...,
What is the equation for anaerobi...,
What is the equation of anaerobic...
31  cards
3.5.3 energy transfers in ecosystems
What is the equation for energy t...,
What is a saprobiont 2,
Why is energy transfer so ineffic...
25  cards
3.5.4 nutrient cycle
What are saprobionts 1,
What do saprobionts do with exces...,
Nitrogen gas to ammonium ammonia 3
33  cards
3.6.1.1 survival and response
Tropisms what does photo stand for 1,
What is a tropism 2,
Tropisms what does gravi stand for 3
23  cards
3.6.1.2 receptors
How is a stimulus detected 1,
What is a stimulus 2,
What are the three key receptors 3
20  cards
3.6.1.3 control of heart rate
Cardiac muscle is 1,
Where are the bundle of his 2,
Where are the purkinje fibres 3
15  cards
3.6.2.1 nerve impulses
Where is the cell body on a myeli...,
What is important about the cell ...,
What is the role of the dendrites...
25  cards
3.6.2.2 synaptic transmission
What is the sequence of events in...,
What is the difference between wh...,
Where does an action potential sp...
13  cards
3.6.3 muscles
What are the three types of muscl...,
Where are the skeletal muscles fo...,
Where are the smooth muscles foun...
34  cards
3.6.4.1 principles of homeostasis and negative feedback
What is homeostasis 1,
Why is it important to maintain t...,
Why is it important to maintain ph 3
26  cards
3.6.4.2 control of blood glucose concentration
How is regulation of blood glucos...,
How is regulation of blood glucos...,
What factors effect blood glucose...
30  cards
3.6.4.3 osmoregulation
What is osmoregulation 1,
What neurones monitor the water p...,
Where are osmoreceptors located 3
31  cards
3.7.1 inheritance
What is a gene 1,
Where is a gene located 2,
What is a chromosome 3
52  cards
3.7.2 populations
What does species mean 1,
What is required for organisms to...,
Why can t two organisms from two ...
20  cards
3.7.3 evolution may lead to speciation
What is phenotype variation 1,
What are the three causes of phen...,
What are the genetic factors that...
27  cards
3.7.4 populations in ecosystems
What is sampling 1,
How do you work out abundance usi...,
What is used in systematic sampli...
26  cards
3.8.1 mutations
What is a gene mutation 1,
When does a gene mutation occur 2,
What can increase the rate of mut...
23  cards
3.8.2.1 most DNA is not translated
What can each new cell that is pr...,
What is a stem cell 2,
What is the process of a stem cel...
22  cards
3.8.2.2 regulation of transcription and translation
What is a transcription factor 1,
What do eukaryotes use to control...,
What is the promoter region 3
19  cards
3.8.2.3 gene expression and cancer
What are tumours 1,
Why do tumours have different cha...,
What is the word for cancerous 3
32  cards
3.8.3 using genome projects
What is the genome 1,
What is the proteome 2,
What is an advantage of genome se...
15  cards
3.8.4.1 recombinant DNA technology
What are the three key feature of...,
What does degenerate mean 2,
What does universal mean 3
46  cards
3.8.4.2 using DNA variation to diagnose heritable conditions
What is a dna probe 1,
How do you use a dna probe 2,
What could we detect with dna pro...
12  cards
3.8.4.3 genetic fingerprinting
What are variable tandem repeats ...,
How do vntrs allow scientists to ...,
What is gel electrophoresis 3
14  cards

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